Friday, December 1, 2017

dear loved little girl me

you shrink. shirk. shrug.
to think of being. seen. known.

loved.

the tormentor. taunts. haunts. daunts.
shames you. blames you. hates you.

his vileness. knows. no bounds.
his atrocities. unrelenting.

you believe. you are.
unworthy. unclean.
unknown. unlovable.

there is one. who sees you.
hears you. knows you.
loves you.

the one who. made you.
sustains you. frees you. redeems you.

he does not.
leave you. abandon you. forsake you.

in his time. he does.
rescue you. restore you. renew you.

because of jesus-
you are loved.

you survived.
you are still overcoming.